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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is benevolence?

2. What does Hume say are the two types of reason?

3. Why do individuals want to fake the practice of virtue?

4. What is the title of Book Three, Part One?

5. What virtue allows humans to be governed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hume think there is no free will in religion?

2. What does Part Three of Book Three say about natural virtues?

3. How has society developed a sense of justice?

4. What does Hume mean when he says one cannot derive an ought from an is?

5. Summarize Part Three of Book Two.

6. What point is Hume making by using the murder example?

7. Why does Hume think passions rather than reason determine the will?

8. What is Hume's argument against those who defend free will?

9. Why does Hume want to answer the question, "Which impression or ideas help us to divide virtue from vice?"

10. How would Hume's system deal with murder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Hume's thoughts on space and time and do they relate to his overall argument? What are the arguments against Hume's ideas on space and time?

Essay Topic 2

How does Hume break down morals? Why does Hume think morals are unnatural? What effect do morals have on the way humans think?

Essay Topic 3

What does Hume think of metaphysics and religion and why does he hold that opinion? In what way could Hume's ideas be seen as an argument against religious belief?

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